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[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Bringeth thine ass to the grass my liege

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago

It's a lot of work to become King of all Cosmos

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

are armbands and knee bands to keep your joints from popping out of place when you're lifting heavy stuff?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No. They're support, rather than protection. For people with messed up knees, it keeps the knee from wandering away under the skin, or the muscles from moving wrong. The muscles do all the work, the bands just keep everything in it's right place.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

I'm also leaning toward yes after hearing the answer, hahah

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No you said to prevent it from popping out of place, he is saying it's to stop from wandering. Huge difference.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Does wandering sometimes lead to popping out of place?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It may seem that way, but in reality they're both exactly the same.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

It's like the difference between wandering over to your local coffee shop, vs. popping in.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

The difference is that you don't need them unless you have a bad joint.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Nitpick time: File this under "wrong usage of -eth when trying to sound medieval". That particular usage became "-es" in modern English, and if you make that replacement in this comic (cometh → comes), it's immediately clear that it's wrong. "Come onward" would have been just fine, but that, of course, looks far too modern.

I mean, you could read it as being deliberately demeaning or objectifying - she is being a hard taskmaster - but I don't think that was the intention here.

If she has permission - or dares take the initiative - to use the familiar form of address, she could try "Now, come thee onward!", keeping both that "th" that was wrong before, as well as the syllable count. Might still be a bit weird in context, but not grammatically.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What are your house parties like.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Bold of you to assume, etc.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

She does say 'thee' in the other panel so familiarity is established.

Anyway, even without knowing the rule, you can sense something is wrong by saying it out loud. I don't know if there are examples of turns of phrase staying in use when they don't flow well in spoken language?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

That'll be me fixating on the grammar of one panel and forgetting everything else then.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Verily I perpend that though mayest o’er-rauhot thine aversion to proclivity and hastily fornicate thyself with nigh but the expertly expedience of one so deserved of such an unpregnant act.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Taskmistress** thank you very much 💅

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

"My lord, we are having trouble breaching our enemy's wall."

"Very well, we shall to come to your aid"

Queen throws King at wall, problem solved.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

... and Gold is 10% heavier than steel!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But is a kg gold heavier than a kg feathers??

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

That will depend on the atmosphere.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

It's a lot heavier than that! The density of steel varies as there are different alloys, but most are in the range of 7.5-9 g/cm^3

Gold has a density that's more than double most steel alloys at 19.3 g/cm^3. Of course, that's assuming we're taking about pure gold, but still, gold is way more than 10% heavier than steel

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Kettlebell ~~thrown~~ throne

FTFY. That one confused me for a bit as I couldn't find anyone throwing kettlebells in the comic, lol

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

The shape of a crown has never made more sense!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

outside of the art, this feels like it could be a perry bible